Do you ever think about the things you imagined your life would be when you were younger? For example, when I was about 6 or 7 years old, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was, “a teacher, a doctor, and a baker.” I had it all figured out – I would be a teacher during the day, a doctor at night, and a baker in between. Who needs sleep, right?

Although I didn’t choose any of those things as a career, in a lot of ways I am all of those things, because I’m a mom. :) When I got older, and actually started imagining what I wanted my family life to be like, the one little scene that I kept coming back to was making pancakes on the weekend for my husband and children, and sitting down to eat them before we went out to do fun things together.

And that part, that little scene has come true. I get to make pancakes on the weekend for my little gang here, and I love it.

This was Sunday’s breakfast – vegan blueberry oatmeal pancakes. We had plain pancakes earlier in the week, but I was in the mood for something different. I wanted to add a little more fiber, so I ground some oats in the food processor and added them to the batter. Blueberries were the finishing touch.

Because of the blueberries and the oats in the batter, these pancakes take a little longer to cook. Keep the heat on medium low though, otherwise you will burn them! (Ask me how I know). The juice from the blueberries makes it really easy to burn these. Just take your time and don’t make these vegan blueberry oatmeal pancakes too big, or it will take a reallllly long time for them to get done in the middle.

If you don’t have spelt flour, all-purpose flour is just fine. I have not tried these with gluten free flour yet. If you try them that way, let me know! My suspicion is that they might be a little bit heavier.

Instructions

Grind the oats in the food processor until you have a semi-fine flour.

In a large bowl, whisk together the oat flour, white spelt flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

Add the canola oil, non-dairy milk, and blueberries, and gently stir to combine. Set aside.

Place a tablespoon or so of vegan buttery spread in a large skillet and melt over medium heat.

When the buttery spread is sizzling, reduce the heat to medium low, and spoon the batter into the skillet. I kept the pancakes fairly small, only about 3-4 inches across. This helped them hold together and cook evenly.

Cook until the edges of the pancakes look done, about 5 minutes. Flip the pancakes over and cook on the other side until done in the middle, about 5 minutes more.

Mom to two boys with food allergies and sensitivities, Kelly is passionate about allergy friendly cooking and baking. She believes that you can enjoy amazing, easy recipes even when cooking for multiple food allergies.

Comments

These are great! For the oil, I melted a little coconut oil and made up the difference with apple sauce. I suspect it makes for a heavier pancake that way, but we loved it. Also, I halved the baking powder and used a flax egg instead–no issues with crumbling at all. Thank you so much!

Loved itt. Thanks so much for the great breakfast, i just turned vegan a week ago (after a year of being vegetarian) and i was finding difficulty making healthy and actual good food. This really helped me find a breakfast meal that i can enjoy along with my family. Thankss again, looking forward to try more of your vegan recipes.

I made these yesterday and while they tasted amazing, they crumbled in the pan, like another person said. I’ve made lots of vegan pancake recipes but have never had issues with crumbling. I’m wondering if the addition of a binding agent would help, like a flax egg or aquafaba.

I tried these pancakes and they were sooo good, I even like them better than normal non-vegan pancakes. I was wondering if you could just use normal skim milk instead of the vegan milk? I tried it last time with the vegan milk and it was great, but I want to make these for my family and we don’t really have non – dairy milk. (I went vegan for a bit, just to see what it was like. But I’m not it now )